Vehicle hits side of Farmers' Market near Mason Avenue

A vehicle hit the side of Penn's Grocery Market early Tuesday, December 11, 2012. The store will be closed at least for the day. (YORK DAILY RECORD/SUNDAY NEWS - Kate Penn)

Update, 8 a.m.:City of York Building Inspector Steve Buffington said Penn's Grocery Market will be closed, at least for today, following this morning's crash, "To get the hole in the wall closed up."

"The engineer (CS Davidson) is pretty comfortable with the Farmer's Market being able to operate safely," he said.

Looking at the wreckage -- which included a caved-in exterior wall, piles of red brick and a vehicle bumper -- Buffington said, "It's amazing the vehicle was able to leave the scene after causing that much damage."

Young Kwon, who said his brother-in-law, Kyung Kim, owns Penn's Grocery Market, said they received a call from York City Police about 4 a.m., telling them about the crash.

Kwon said police told them they had arrested a suspect in connection with the crash in the 800 block of East Wallace Street.

He was stunned at the force of the crash, which knocked over two large soda machines inside.

"Must've hit pretty hard," he said. "It took us a couple hours to stand up the soda machines."

Reported earlier:A York landmark was damaged after it was struck by a vehicle early this morning.

Emergency crews responded to a crash overnight at South Penn Street and Mason Avenue in York.

No other information was immediately available.

Emergency crews responded to two crashes in York County this morning.

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